File Number:  UMD-CM-05-019

Authors: William Lucyshyn, Rene Rendon, and Stephanie Novello

Title: Improving Readiness with a Public-Private Partnership: NAVAIR's Auxiliary Power Unit Total Logistics Support Program

Published: July 2005 Sponsored by: Acquisition Chair, Naval Postgraduate School

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About the Authors:

William Lucyshyn, is the Director of Research and a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland.  Previously, Mr. Lucyshyn served as a program manager and the principal technical advisor to the Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), on the identification, selection, research, development, and prototype production of advanced technology projects.  Prior to this appointment, Mr. Lucyshyn completed a 25-year career in the US Air Force serving in various operations, staff, and acquisition positions.  Mr. Lucyshyn received his Bachelor Degree in Engineering Science from the City University of New York and his Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology.

William Lucyshyn

Director of Research

Senior Research Scholar

Center Public Policy and Private Enterprise

School of Public Policy

University of Maryland

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Rene G. Rendon is on the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School where he teaches graduate acquisition and contract management courses.  Prior to his appointment at the Naval Postgraduate School, he served for more than 22 years as an acquisition and contracting officer in the United States Air Force.  His Air Force career included assignments as a contracting officer for major space launch systems and satellite programs, as well as the F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter and the Peacekeeper ICBM.  Rendon also served as a contracting squadron commander, and as a contracts manager for the NCR Corporation.  He has earned Bachelor, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees in business administration and has taught for the UCLA Government Contracts program and was also a senior faculty member for the Keller Graduate School of Management.

Dr. Rendon has earned professional certifications from the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and the Project Management Institute (PMI).  He has received the prestigious Fellow Award from NCMA, and he was recognized with the United States Air Force Outstanding Officer in Contracting Award.  He has also received the NCMA National Education Award, the NCMA Outstanding Fellow Award, and the NCMA Charles J. Delaney Memorial Award for the best published article on contract management.  Dr. Rendon is the Chair of ISM's Federal Acquisition and Subcontract Management Group, a member of the ISM Certification Committee, as well as on the Editorial Review Board for the ISM Inside Supply Management.  He is a member of the NCMA Board of Advisors, as well as associate editor for its Journal of Contract Management.  Dr. Rendon has published articles in Contract Management, the Journal of Contract Management, Program Manager, Project Management Journal, and PM Network, and is co-author of Contract Management Organizational Assessment Tools published in 2005.

Rene G. Rendon
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Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93945-5197
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